"堪" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /kʰän⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɐm⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰam²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /kʰaŋ⁵⁴/ [Jian'ou, Sinological-IPA], /kʰam⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /kʰam³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kʰam⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /kʰam⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /kʰam⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰam³³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kʰän⁵⁵/, /hɐm⁵⁵/, /kʰam²⁴/, /kʰaŋ⁵⁴/, /kʰam⁴⁴/, /kʰam³³/, /kʰam⁴⁴/, /kʰam⁴⁴/, /kʰam⁴⁴/, /kʰam³³/ Chinese transliterations: kān [Mandarin, Pinyin], kan¹ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄎㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ham¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], khâm [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], káng, kham [Hokkien, POJ], kam¹ [Peng'im, Teochew], kān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], kan [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kʻan¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], kān [Mandarin, Yale], kan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], кань [Mandarin, Palladius], kanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], hām [Cantonese, Yale], ham¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hem¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], khâm [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], kam´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], kam¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], káng [Jian'ou, Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized], kham [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qafm [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], kham [POJ, Teochew], khom [Middle-Chinese], /*[kʰ]ˤ[ə]m/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*kʰluːm/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Sino-Tibetan; compare Burmese ခံ (hkam, “to receive; to endure”), Jingpho khàm (“to endure”) (Schuessler, 2007). Etymology templates: {{der|zh|sit|-}} Sino-Tibetan, {{cog|my|ခံ||to receive; to endure}} Burmese ခံ (hkam, “to receive; to endure”), {{cog|kac|khàm||to endure}} Jingpho khàm (“to endure”), {{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}} Schuessler, 2007 Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 堪
  1. may; can; to be capable of; to be able to
    Sense id: en-堪-zh-character-lD8uMPf3 Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 92 6 1
  2. to bear; to stand; to resist; to endure
    Sense id: en-堪-zh-character-5m8uHqpI
  3. (obsolete) protrusion in the earth Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-堪-zh-character-qi6ipUzC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 七不堪, 不堪 (bùkān), 不堪一擊 (bùkānyījī), 不堪一击 (bùkānyījī), 不堪七, 不堪之物, 不堪入目 (bùkānrùmù), 不堪入耳 (bùkānrù'ěr), 不堪其擾 (bùkānqírǎo), 不堪其扰 (bùkānqírǎo), 不堪回首 (bùkānhuíshǒu), 不堪言狀, 不堪言状, 不堪設想 (bùkānshèxiǎng), 不堪设想 (bùkānshèxiǎng), 不堪負荷, 不堪负荷, 不堪造就, 不復堪命, 不复堪命, 仲堪, 任堪, 何堪, 依瑪堪, 依玛堪, 克堪, 凌亂不堪, 凌乱不堪, 可堪, 國不堪貳 (guóbùkān'èr), 国不堪贰 (guóbùkān'èr), 堪㐨, 堪可, 堪坏, 堪培拉 (Kānpéilā), 堪堪, 堪士, 堪巖, 堪岩, 堪布 (kānbù), 堪忍, 堪憂 (kānyōu), 堪忧 (kānyōu), 堪比, 堪火, 堪稱 (kānchēng), 堪称 (kānchēng), 堪笑, 堪能 (kānnéng), 堪薩, 堪萨, 堪薩斯 (Kānsàsī), 堪萨斯 (Kānsàsī), 堪薩斯州, 堪萨斯州, 堪虞 (kānyú), 堪輿 (kānyú), 堪舆 (kānyú), 堪輿家, 堪舆家, 堪達罕 (kāndáhǎn), 堪达罕 (kāndáhǎn), 富堪敵國, 富堪敌国, 差堪, 弗堪, 情何以堪 (qínghéyǐkān), 擁擠不堪, 拥挤不堪, 斯堪的納維亞 (Sīkāndínàwéiyà), 斯堪的纳维亚 (Sīkāndínàwéiyà), 會堪得 (ē-kham-tit), 会堪得 (ē-kham-tit), 民不堪命, 無堪, 无堪, 狼狽不堪, 狼狈不堪, 痛不堪忍, 百無一堪, 百无一堪, 石堪子, 破敗不堪, 破败不堪, 破爛不堪 (pòlànbùkān), 破烂不堪 (pòlànbùkān), 破舊不堪, 破旧不堪, 秀色堪餐, 自堪, 苦不堪言 (kǔbùkānyán), 誰堪, 谁堪, 那堪, 鄙俗不堪, 門堪羅雀, 门堪罗雀, 門庭冷落,門堪羅雀, 门庭冷落,门堪罗雀, 難堪 (nánkān), 难堪 (nánkān)

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "七不堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bùkān",
      "word": "不堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bùkānyījī",
      "word": "不堪一擊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bùkānyījī",
      "word": "不堪一击"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "不堪七"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "不堪之物"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bùkānrùmù",
      "word": "不堪入目"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bùkānrù'ěr",
      "word": "不堪入耳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bùkānqírǎo",
      "word": "不堪其擾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bùkānqírǎo",
      "word": "不堪其扰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bùkānhuíshǒu",
      "word": "不堪回首"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "不堪言狀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "不堪言状"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bùkānshèxiǎng",
      "word": "不堪設想"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bùkānshèxiǎng",
      "word": "不堪设想"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "不堪負荷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "不堪负荷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "不堪造就"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "不復堪命"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "不复堪命"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "仲堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "任堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "何堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "依瑪堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "依玛堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "克堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "凌亂不堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "凌乱不堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "可堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "guóbùkān'èr",
      "word": "國不堪貳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "guóbùkān'èr",
      "word": "国不堪贰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪㐨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪可"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪坏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Kānpéilā",
      "word": "堪培拉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪士"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪巖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪岩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kānbù",
      "word": "堪布"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪忍"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kānyōu",
      "word": "堪憂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kānyōu",
      "word": "堪忧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪比"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪火"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kānchēng",
      "word": "堪稱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kānchēng",
      "word": "堪称"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪笑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kānnéng",
      "word": "堪能"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪薩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪萨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Kānsàsī",
      "word": "堪薩斯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Kānsàsī",
      "word": "堪萨斯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪薩斯州"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪萨斯州"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kānyú",
      "word": "堪虞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kānyú",
      "word": "堪輿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kānyú",
      "word": "堪舆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪輿家"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "堪舆家"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kāndáhǎn",
      "word": "堪達罕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kāndáhǎn",
      "word": "堪达罕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "富堪敵國"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "富堪敌国"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "差堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "弗堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "qínghéyǐkān",
      "word": "情何以堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "擁擠不堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "拥挤不堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Sīkāndínàwéiyà",
      "word": "斯堪的納維亞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Sīkāndínàwéiyà",
      "word": "斯堪的纳维亚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ē-kham-tit",
      "word": "會堪得"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ē-kham-tit",
      "word": "会堪得"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "民不堪命"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "無堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "无堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "狼狽不堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "狼狈不堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "痛不堪忍"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "百無一堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "百无一堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "石堪子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "破敗不堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "破败不堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "pòlànbùkān",
      "word": "破爛不堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "pòlànbùkān",
      "word": "破烂不堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "破舊不堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "破旧不堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "秀色堪餐"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "自堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kǔbùkānyán",
      "word": "苦不堪言"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "誰堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "谁堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "那堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "鄙俗不堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "門堪羅雀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "门堪罗雀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "門庭冷落,門堪羅雀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "门庭冷落,门堪罗雀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nánkān",
      "word": "難堪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nánkān",
      "word": "难堪"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "sit",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Tibetan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "ခံ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to receive; to endure"
      },
      "expansion": "Burmese ခံ (hkam, “to receive; to endure”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kac",
        "2": "khàm",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to endure"
      },
      "expansion": "Jingpho khàm (“to endure”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Schuessler, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Schuessler, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Tibetan; compare Burmese ခံ (hkam, “to receive; to endure”), Jingpho khàm (“to endure”) (Schuessler, 2007).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "堪",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 6 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "花開堪折直須折,莫待無花空折枝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "花开堪折直须折,莫待无花空折枝。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Tang dynasty, author unknown, traditionally ascribed to Du Qiuniang (杜秋娘), 金縷衣\nHuā kāi kān zhé zhíxū zhé, mò dài wú huā kōng zhé zhī. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "may; can; to be capable of; to be able to"
      ],
      "id": "en-堪-zh-character-lD8uMPf3",
      "links": [
        [
          "may",
          "may"
        ],
        [
          "can",
          "can"
        ],
        [
          "capable",
          "capable"
        ],
        [
          "able",
          "able"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "cannot withstand a single blow",
          "roman": "bùkānyījī",
          "text": "不堪一擊/不堪一击",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bear; to stand; to resist; to endure"
      ],
      "id": "en-堪-zh-character-5m8uHqpI",
      "links": [
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ],
        [
          "stand",
          "stand"
        ],
        [
          "resist",
          "resist"
        ],
        [
          "endure",
          "endure"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "protrusion in the earth"
      ],
      "id": "en-堪-zh-character-qi6ipUzC",
      "links": [
        [
          "protrusion",
          "protrusion"
        ],
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) protrusion in the earth"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khâm"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "káng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hem¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khâm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaŋ⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qafm"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khom"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[kʰ]ˤ[ə]m/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰluːm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaŋ⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam³³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[kʰ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ə]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰluːm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "堪"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms derived from Sino-Tibetan languages",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Northern Min lemmas",
    "Northern Min nouns",
    "Northern Min verbs",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "七不堪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùkān",
      "word": "不堪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùkānyījī",
      "word": "不堪一擊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùkānyījī",
      "word": "不堪一击"
    },
    {
      "word": "不堪七"
    },
    {
      "word": "不堪之物"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùkānrùmù",
      "word": "不堪入目"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùkānrù'ěr",
      "word": "不堪入耳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùkānqírǎo",
      "word": "不堪其擾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùkānqírǎo",
      "word": "不堪其扰"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùkānhuíshǒu",
      "word": "不堪回首"
    },
    {
      "word": "不堪言狀"
    },
    {
      "word": "不堪言状"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùkānshèxiǎng",
      "word": "不堪設想"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùkānshèxiǎng",
      "word": "不堪设想"
    },
    {
      "word": "不堪負荷"
    },
    {
      "word": "不堪负荷"
    },
    {
      "word": "不堪造就"
    },
    {
      "word": "不復堪命"
    },
    {
      "word": "不复堪命"
    },
    {
      "word": "仲堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "任堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "何堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "依瑪堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "依玛堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "克堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "凌亂不堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "凌乱不堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "可堪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guóbùkān'èr",
      "word": "國不堪貳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guóbùkān'èr",
      "word": "国不堪贰"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪㐨"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪可"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪坏"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kānpéilā",
      "word": "堪培拉"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪士"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪巖"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪岩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kānbù",
      "word": "堪布"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪忍"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kānyōu",
      "word": "堪憂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kānyōu",
      "word": "堪忧"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪比"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪火"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kānchēng",
      "word": "堪稱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kānchēng",
      "word": "堪称"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kānnéng",
      "word": "堪能"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪薩"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪萨"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kānsàsī",
      "word": "堪薩斯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kānsàsī",
      "word": "堪萨斯"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪薩斯州"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪萨斯州"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kānyú",
      "word": "堪虞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kānyú",
      "word": "堪輿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kānyú",
      "word": "堪舆"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪輿家"
    },
    {
      "word": "堪舆家"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāndáhǎn",
      "word": "堪達罕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāndáhǎn",
      "word": "堪达罕"
    },
    {
      "word": "富堪敵國"
    },
    {
      "word": "富堪敌国"
    },
    {
      "word": "差堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "弗堪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qínghéyǐkān",
      "word": "情何以堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "擁擠不堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "拥挤不堪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Sīkāndínàwéiyà",
      "word": "斯堪的納維亞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Sīkāndínàwéiyà",
      "word": "斯堪的纳维亚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ē-kham-tit",
      "word": "會堪得"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ē-kham-tit",
      "word": "会堪得"
    },
    {
      "word": "民不堪命"
    },
    {
      "word": "無堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "无堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "狼狽不堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "狼狈不堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "痛不堪忍"
    },
    {
      "word": "百無一堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "百无一堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "石堪子"
    },
    {
      "word": "破敗不堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "破败不堪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pòlànbùkān",
      "word": "破爛不堪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pòlànbùkān",
      "word": "破烂不堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "破舊不堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "破旧不堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "秀色堪餐"
    },
    {
      "word": "自堪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kǔbùkānyán",
      "word": "苦不堪言"
    },
    {
      "word": "誰堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "谁堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "那堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "鄙俗不堪"
    },
    {
      "word": "門堪羅雀"
    },
    {
      "word": "门堪罗雀"
    },
    {
      "word": "門庭冷落,門堪羅雀"
    },
    {
      "word": "门庭冷落,门堪罗雀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nánkān",
      "word": "難堪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nánkān",
      "word": "难堪"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "sit",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Tibetan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "ခံ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to receive; to endure"
      },
      "expansion": "Burmese ခံ (hkam, “to receive; to endure”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kac",
        "2": "khàm",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to endure"
      },
      "expansion": "Jingpho khàm (“to endure”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Schuessler, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Schuessler, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Tibetan; compare Burmese ခံ (hkam, “to receive; to endure”), Jingpho khàm (“to endure”) (Schuessler, 2007).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "堪",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Literary Chinese usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "花開堪折直須折,莫待無花空折枝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "花开堪折直须折,莫待无花空折枝。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Tang dynasty, author unknown, traditionally ascribed to Du Qiuniang (杜秋娘), 金縷衣\nHuā kāi kān zhé zhíxū zhé, mò dài wú huā kōng zhé zhī. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "may; can; to be capable of; to be able to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "may",
          "may"
        ],
        [
          "can",
          "can"
        ],
        [
          "capable",
          "capable"
        ],
        [
          "able",
          "able"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "cannot withstand a single blow",
          "roman": "bùkānyījī",
          "text": "不堪一擊/不堪一击",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bear; to stand; to resist; to endure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ],
        [
          "stand",
          "stand"
        ],
        [
          "resist",
          "resist"
        ],
        [
          "endure",
          "endure"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "protrusion in the earth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "protrusion",
          "protrusion"
        ],
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) protrusion in the earth"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khâm"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "káng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hem¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khâm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaŋ⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qafm"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khom"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[kʰ]ˤ[ə]m/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰluːm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaŋ⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam³³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[kʰ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ə]"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "堪"
}
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